Loose-leaf sheet calendar hanger



Jan. 27, 1953 o. P. WINFORD LOOSE-LEAF SHEET CALENDAR HANGER 2SHEETS-SHEET 1 Filed March 26, 1951 Jnnentor -G- 2i .ORION P.W|NF'ORDGttorneg Jan; 7 1953 o. P. WINFORD 2,626,817

LOOSE-LEAF SHEET CALENDAR HANGER Filed March 26, 1951 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2V-IQ [7-- JUNE 3 4- 5 '6 7 8 9 IO-II l5 l4 I5 I l7 l8 I9 20 BI 22 i3 2423 24 as 21, 27 2a 29 5o l E -f 'r 23% l Zhwentor ORION P. WINFORDGttomeg Patented Jan. 27, 1953 LOOSE-LEAF SHEET CALENDAR HANGER Orion P.Winford, St. Paul, Minn, assignor to Brown & Bigelow, St. Paul, Minn., acorporation of Minnesota Application March 26, 1951, Serial No. 217,462

7 Claims.

My invention relates to an improvement in a loose-leaf calendar and moreparticularly to the novel construction for removably supporting theloose-leaf sheets thereof as a calendar hanger.

It is a feature of my invention to provide a support for loose-leafcalendar sheets which is formed from an extension of the top portion ofthe back member of the calendar.

It is a feature to provide an extension of the back member of thecalendar, the outermost portion of which is folded and inserted througha slot or slit formed in each of the sheets to be mounted and thenfurther inserted through a slot formed in the back member which alignswith the slots of the sheets. The extension is then folded upwardly andagainst the rear surface of the back sheet member to removally bind thesheets to the back member. This construction is aided and accomplishedby forming fold lines in the upper extension of the back sheet memberintermediate the outermost extension and the slot or slit formed in theback sheet member, in addition to fold lines formed intermediate theaforementioned fold lines and the outermost extension.

It is also a feature to provide a top fiat member which maintains theupper edges of the mounted loose-leaf sheets in a relatively flatposition. It is a further feature to provide a pocket formed on thebottom portion of the loose-leaf calendar sheets.

It is an additional feature to provide a series of loose-leaf sheetseach of which has a transverse slot or small opening formed thereinadjacent the upper edge thereof which receives the outermost extensionof the backing sheet and is thereby removably supported against the backsupport sheet member.

With my construction for calendar hangers, the loose-leaf sheets thereofmay be easily mounted, removed, rearranged or discarded.

It is also a feature to provide a calendar looseleaf sheet supportwhereby the support member is formed in one piece with the back member.

The invention will appear clearly from the following detaileddescription when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings,showing by way of example a preferred embodiment of the inventive idea.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my calendar with the bottom end of thesheets thereof slightly upturned.

Figure 2 is a plan view of the back sheet support member in died-outform.

Figure 3 is a plan view of a died-out alternative form of the back sheetsupport member.

Figure 4 is a plan view of a loose-leaf sheet of my calendar.

Figure 5 is a plan view of a loose-leaf sheet of my calendar having anend portion thereon adapted to be constructed as a pocket on the sheet.

Figure 6 is a partially enlarged section on the line 6-6 of Figure 1.

Figure 7 is a partially enlarged section on the line 1-1 of Figure 1.

My loose-leaf sheet calendar hanger A is composed of a back sheetsupport member H], which has formed on the upper end thereof a foldableextension binder member consisting of the transverse extended portion I,and the further outermost tongue extension portion I2, which isintegrally formed with the extension portion II. The tongue extensionportion H may be formed integrally with the back sheet support memberIll. The extension portion of the calendar is formed of the extendedportions I I and I2, folded into the position shown in Figure 6 by meansof the scored or fold lines I3 and the further scored or fold lines [4.

The back sheet support member to has formed therein the transverse slotor opening l5 through which the outermost extension i2 is inserted withthe sheets supported by the portion separated by the fold lines [4,which portion I indicate as hi. For hanging the back sheet supportmember I0, I provide the hole It through the end of the extension I2which is adapted to receive a nail or hook or any other suitable meansto hang the calendar back sheet support member ill.

I further provide loose-leaf sheets in the form of the sheet ll, whichhas formed therein the transverse slot or opening l8. A day of the monthcalendar may be imprinted on the face of the sheet I1. I provide anothertype of looseleaf sheet l9 which has the transverse slot or opening 20formed therein, and which also has the lower depending member 2| whichis folded and secured to form a pocket 22 as illustrated moreparticularly in Figure 1, Either type of 3 sheet, H or l9, may be usedwith my calendar hanger A.

The lower depending portion 2| has formed on the sides thereof theextended flange portions 23 which are folded on the lines 23' andsecured to the back surface of the sheet l9 when the depending portion2l is folded upwardly against the front surface of the sheet [9 on thefold line 24, thereby forming the pocket 22.

In assembling my loose-leaf sheet calendar, the sheets I? or l9 areplaced upon the back sheet support member so that the slots l8 or 20align with the slot or opening IS. The outer tongue extension member [2is then folded on the fold line l4 and the extension portion II isfolded on the fold line 13 while the tongue extension portion l2 isinserted through the opening 20, for example, and then through the slotl5, the tongue extension portion being folded up against the backsurface of the back sheet support member ill to assume the positionshown in Figure 6 and Figure 1. Sheet I9 may be removed or released bypulling the extension l2 out through the slot l and also from the slot20.

With my construction the sheets, such as I9, may be removed orrearranged very simply and without turning the pocket 22 upside down inchanging the sheets 19. Further, with my construction, the calendarsupport with loose-leaf sheets may be very easily and economically made,for the back sheet support member ID together with the extensionportions ll and 12 may be made of heavy grade paper. In addition, theextension portion H serves to hold down the upper ends of the sheets l9as a binder therefor, particularly illustrated in Figure 1 of thedrawings. Advertising indicia may be placed on the outer surface of thesheets [9 or H in conjunction with the calendar indicia illustrated onthe outer portion of the pocket 22, as illustrated in Figure 1. With mysimple loose-leaf sheet calendar with the pockets 22 on the sheets IS,the sheets may be removed and placed to the rear of the series or packof sheets for future reference. The pockets 22 may be used to filerecipes and notes therein for future use. The sheets, such as IS]. withthe current calendar month thereon is supported as the first sheet andthereby fully visible.

I provide an alternative back sheet support member 25 which is similarto the upper portion of the back sheet support member H] but which doesnot have the extended sheet portion as illustrated in Figure 2, whichextended portion is not absolutely necessary for the support and hangingof my loose-leaf calendar sheets such as I! and I9.

It is apparent that my support member need not necessarily be formedwith the fold lines 13 and H but may be provided with a single fold linel3 and/or I4.

I have provided in my new calendar hanger construction a relatively longtransverse opening 15 together with a relatively long coinciding slot I8or through which the relatively wide extension portion !2 is adapted tobe inserted. The width of the extension portion may be of any dimension.However, when it is relatively wide, the sheets are held more compactlyand one directly over the other and the same do not tend to angle inrelation to each other or in relation to the back sheet support memberID.

The invention is not to be understood as restricted to the details setforth since these may be modified within the scope of the appendedclaims without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a loose-leaf calendar, a support member, an extension connected tosaid support member, said support member having an opening formedtherein, a series of loose-leaf sheets having openings formed thereinand adapted to align with said support member opening, all of saidopenings adapted to receive said extension therethrough to hold saidsheets to said support member with said extension drawn upwardly againstthe back surface of said support member to bind said sheets and providea hanger therefor.

2. In a calendar hanger, a support member having an opening formedtherein, a series of loose-leaf sheets having openings formed therein,extension binder means formed on said support member adapted to beinserted through said openings of said sheets and said opening formed insaid support member to form a hanger for said sheets and removably bindthe same to said support member.

3. A loose-leaf removable sheet calendar han er consisting of a seriesof loose-leaf sheets, each having an opening formed therein, a supportmember having an opening coinciding with said opening in each of saidsheets and means extending from said support member and positionedthrough said openings of said sheets and said opening of said supportmember to bind together and support said series of sheets one upon theother.

4. A loose-leaf calendar comprising a series of sheets, calendar indiciaformed on the bottom of each sheet, a long horizontal slot formed nearthe top of each sheet, a paper binder and sheet retainer means having aprojecting tongue from one edge thereof and a horizontal slot formedtherein adapted to coincide with the slots formed in said sheets, saidbinder means being adapted to be folded over the top edges of saidcalendar sheets and said tongue being adapted to extend through saidopenings in said sheets and in said binder member to provide a hangerand binder for the top edge of said sheets.

5. A loose-leaf calendar including a series of calendar sheets eachhaving monthly indicia thereon, a horizontal slot formed marginally nearthe top of each of said sheets, a binder and support member for the topedge of said sheets having a back portion which is positioned as theback of said sheets and a complemental slot formed therein, a tongueprojecting from said back member and a binding portion formed on saidback member between the body of said back and said tongue and adapted tobe folded over the top edge of said calendar sheets to bind the sheetstogether when said tongue passes through said slots in said sheets andthrough said slot in said back member, said tongue being adapted toproject above the binder portion of said back sheet to act as a hangerfor said calendar.

6. A loose-leaf calendar comprising a series of individual calendarsheets, each of said sheets having a long horizontal slot formed nearthe top edge thereof and a support and binder means folded on the topthereof to extend over the top edge of said sheets and down a portion ofthe front thereof to hold the same bound together, including a hangertongue formed on said support and binder means adapted to extend throughsaid slots and through a coinciding slot formed 5 in said binder memberto provide a hanger for said calendar.

7. A loose-leaf calendar including a support member, a series ofloose-leaf sheets each having an opening formed therethrough, anextended binder portion formed on said support member, a tongueextension member formed on said extended binder portion, said supportmember having an opening formed therethrough adapted to align with saidopenings of said sheets, said binder portion folded downwardly upon saidsheets, and said tongue extension inserted through said slots of saidsheets and said slot of said support member, and formed in an up- 6wardly extending manner against said support member to form a hanger forsaid calendar and secure said binder member against said sheets toremovably bind said sheets together.

ORION P. WINFORD.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,798,586 Burgess Mar. 31, 19312,068,214 Winford Jan. 19, 1937

